Area Sports

By Shane Bennett With nine seconds left in the game on Saturday night, Velma-Alma used a timeout to set up the game-winning shot. The Lady Comets were trailing Davis by one on the Lady Wolves’ home court in the finals of the first ever, Arbuckle Winter Classic. While the Velma coach was diagramming the play…

The Davis junior high wrestling team travelled to Bethel on Jan. 9 and hauled home a load of gold and silver medals. All 11 wrestlers placed in the top four of the pool-style tournament and the team finished with the second-best winning percentage of any team in the event and just 1.5 points out of…

By Shane Bennett The Davis Lady Wolves notched their fourth win of the season on Dec. 15 over Lexington at home. Davis overcame poor three-point shooting with good ball movement and defense to take down the Lady Bulldogs, 47-39. Defense in the paint was a challenge for the Lady Wolves all night as Lexington brought…

The Wolf wrestling season began with a flurry this week as the team wrestled six duals in three days over the weekend. After a home win over Ardmore on Dec. 10, Davis went to Newkirk on Dec. 12 and went 2-3 in a festival-style dual event. Davis 57, Ardmore 18 The first home event of…

The Davis girls basketball team turned a season-opening loss into a winning record in the second week of play. After beating Purcell 51-48 in the home opener on Dec. 8, the Lady Wolves won three of four games in the Comet Classic Tournament at Velma-Alma Dec. 10-12. Davis 51, Purcell 48 Davis overwhelmed its visitors…

By Shane Bennett The Davis Wolves saw their playoff run come to an end on Nov. 20 at Community Christian School in Norman. The Royals’ diverse offense and newly healthy quarterback were too much for Davis in a 35-7 defeat. The Davis defense weathered the storm of the Royal offense on the first drive, then…

By Shane Bennett It took a little while for Davis to get rolling in the home playoff opener against Holdenville on Nov. 13, as the Wolves didn’t score until the final play of the first quarter. Then they ripped off touchdowns on six of their last seven possessions of the game to wallop the visiting…

By Shane Bennett The Wolf defense made a goal-line stand on fourth down at the one yard-line to preserve a 29-21 win over Frederick in double overtime on Nov. 6. The home win by Davis on the final game of the regular season earned a third place finish in the district and a home playoff…

By Shane Bennett The Wolves made up for lost time after a week eight game against Coalgate was canceled. Davis went to Marietta on Oct. 30 and pounced on the home team with 21 points in the first quarter en route to a 37-0 blowout win. The opening kickoff was an omen of things to…

Davis eighth grader, Dakota Kidd Carter and his fishing partner, Preston Keller of Oklahoma City represented Oklahoma in the 2020 Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster Junior National Championship. Carter and Keller took seventh place out of 54 teams competing at Carroll County Lake in Huntingdon, Tenn. on Oct.19-20. Carter’s father, Cody captained the boat for the…